The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-12-15

Items Taken From she Latest TeIe-
graphic Reports IN Subjects
Of Interest.
The typhoid fever Epidemic is spread
in ing Pittsburg.
Powderly has written letter attacking
the Western Union.
he big Brighton Beach Hotel at Coney
Island is to be moved ir sections.
Prescott and Myers are on trial at
Fresno for robbing the Yosemite stage.
There has been heavy and disastrous
forest fires in Grand Hc.de Valley, Or.
Senator Farweu will Introduce bill to
perpet,late the national banking system.
W.&H. Chalmers, iIan dealers of New
York and Dundee, have failed for $780,
600
Custom-house official at Portland cap
tured a quantity Of smuggled opium last
week.
Action has been commenced at King
ston, Ontario, to unset Sir John Mac
Donald.
In the trial of Doherty for the killing
of Graham in London no motive was
shown for the act.
Senator / itchell, of Oregon, has pre-
pared bill to prohibit Objectionable
foreign Immigration.
Advices from the Orkney Islands, of
the coast of Scotland, report the loss OF 20
smacks in hurricane
Secretary and Mrs Whitney gave a
handsome dinner to the Hon. Joseph
! Chamberlain last week.
The impression prevails that Russian
movements on the frontier do not indi-
cate immediate danger.
j
A British steamer went ashore on the
Portugal coast last Friday and another
on the Island of Hainan.
| Vim. G. Penney's extensive barrel fac
tory in Philadelphia was destroyed by
fire last Friday. Loss 100000.
| Imports of dry goods for the week end
ing December 9 amounted to $1,S6S,GN.
The amount marketed is 81, $4,000.
| The ledgers in the Presidents Office Of
the Mormon Church at Salt Lake were
last week seized by Receiver Dyer.
| The crew OF the barAentine Grace Rob-
erts, wrecked two miles from Ovsteryille,
W. T., were saved by the hfe-saving crew
The Mexican house of deputies passed
a bill Friday last authorizing loan for
| the purpose of funding the foreign debt.
The Pacific coast branch Of the Nation
al Soldiers Home will be located at
Santa Monica, the watering place of Los
Angeles.
Heavy rains have caused freshet in
the Columbia river, which has carried all
the logs down the stream, entailing ser
ious loss.
Most, the Anarchist, recently convicted
of incendiary speech-making has been
sentenced to one year in the penitentiary
without fine.
A special train arrived in San Diego
last week, bearing 800 men and women
from Chicago, who will be employed by
the Hotel Coronado.
It is reported that Dempsey and Reag-
gan fought on Long Island early on
morning last week, and that Dempsey
knocked Reagan out in twelve rounds.
The memorial to the Manchester mar
tyrs was unveiled at Limerick, 1re., last
week. The police were surprised and did
not interfere Six thousand persons were
present.
Coasting schooner Nellie s. Jerren was
struck by the steamer Algiers, from New
York for Galveston last week and imme-
diately sunk. The steward and two men
were lost.
The Egyptian Produce association re-
port probable reduction in the estimate
of the cotton yield for this season of 15O,-
900 contars, the falling off being due to
fogs and heat.
The sheriff OF Star county has arrested
Cicillio Barrea and Vivian Diez, charged
with kidnapping Senor Barrea last Au-
gust. A band of Mexicans took the pris-
oners from the Texas sheriff and lynched
them.
A Pioneer Press Duluth special says
Geo. S. Eddons, of Chicago, and John
Corners, of New York, fought fifteen
round draw fight at st. Paul last week.
with Pat Killen referee. The fight was
interesting. Connors did most of the
hard fighting and got in good many
hard blows. but Eddons made such gooc
use of his old tactics of sprinting tina,
lConners got in little effective work.